Potato-planter.



Patented Aug. 1o, 1909.

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To .all whom it may concern:

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GEORGE W. NATION, OF ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA.

POTATO-PLANTER.

speeieeatien or Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1o, 1909.

Application n led December 11, 1908. j Serial No. 466,979.

Be it knownthat I, `GEORGE NATION, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident `of Alliance,iin the county of Boxbutte and yState of Nebraska, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Potato-Planters, of

l sldes of the slit, and the potato cut 1s perwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in potato planters, and conslsts of certain novelecon` structions and combinations of parts herelnl after described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a potato planter attachment to be used in connection with my improved agricultural implement shown and described in my coending application Serial No. 466,978, file' Dec. 11, 190s.

Referrlng to theidrawings forming a parthereof-#Figure 1 is a partial transverse section of the planter; Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a rear view of the hopper and the chute, and Fig.` 4 is a perspective view of the adjustable yoke.

The present embodiment of the invention comprises a hopper 39, having at the bottom thereof an inclined pocket 40, in whose rear face is a slit 41. A chute 42 is arranged behind the hopper, and covers the slit 41, the said slit forming a communication between the chute and the pocket. vided in its rear face with a slit 43 of lesser width than the slit 41 for a purpose to be presently described, and the lower end of the chute communicates by means of a hose 47 with a drilling shoe or furrow opener 48 provided with a plow point 49. The hopper is supported by a U-shaped bar or frame 36 whose arms 36a are adapted to be connected with the framework 35 of the agricultural implement before mentioned, by means of bolts 53, the body portionof the frame depending below the said framework. The body portion of the bar 36 is of considerable width as shown by Fig. 2, and is provided with openings through one of which 59 passes the hose 47, and within the other 59a is pivoted a curved arm 44, having its upper end provided with a spur 45. The curved arm is adapted to pass through the slit 43, and the slit 41 and to enter the pocket, whereby to 'engage a potato cut 46 and remove the same from the pocket when the arm is withdrawn. The arm is normally pressed toward the pocket by means of a spring 5 0 coiled around The chute is prothe pivotal mounting 67 thereof, one of the arms of the spring engaging the arm and the `other a `in 68 'in the opening. rfhe slit 43 is of sufficient width to permit the passage of the arm, but not the passage of the potato cut, which is stripped from the spur by the mitted to drop through the hose 47 and the y .shoe 48 into the furrow.

The lower end 52 of the arm 44 is arranged in the path of a series of friction rollers 51 ,projecting laterally from a disk 25 secured to a shaft 5, which is supported by the framee work 35, and when the framework is drawn forwardly the lower end of the arm will be engaged by a roller thus swinging the said arm out of the chute and dropping a potato cut into the furrow. As soon as the friction roller passes the end 52 of the arm the spring 50 immediately returns it into the pocket to engage another cut. The peripheral surfacesof the disks are provided with substantially radial spaced arms 6, which loosen the ground and cover the potato cuts deposited inthe furrow.

An arm 65 is pivoted to the framework as at 66, and the forward end thereof is hooked as at 67, for engaging the curved arm 44 to v retain it in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, when it is desired to restrain the operation of said arm for any reason.

The arm 55 has both of its ends forked, the one end being pivoted to a lug 56 at the front of the frame 36, and the arms of the fork at the'other end are arranged on each side of the shoe, and are engaged by the arms of the vvertically movable yoke or lever 57 which is provided with a grip 58, and is movable through the opening 59, in the late 45 before mentioned. The arms of t e lever are provided on one edge with a series of teeth 60 which are adapted to engage a pin 61 in the vopening 59 whereby to retain the yoke` in its adjusted position.

The arm 55 is provided with an angular portion 62, having a longitudinal slot 63, which is engaged by a pin on the shoe. It will be evident that by disengaging the teeth 60 from the pin 61, the shoe may be moved .vertically by means of the lever 57, and may be secured in its adjusted position by engaging the teeth with the pin.

While I have shown the improved planter applied to my improved agricultural implement it is obvious that it might be Supported in any suitable manner, the said support forming no part of the invention.

I claim:

l. In a device of the class described, a frame, a plurality of rotatable disks supported thereby and each provided WithL a series of radially projecting sickle shaped blades, a hopper supported by the frame, an arm having` a spur movable into and out of the hopper, a spring acting normally to move the arm into the hopper, means in connection With one of the disks for moving the arm out of the hopper at predetermined intervals,

means for stripping the spur, and a drilling` shoe arranged to receive the material stripped from the spur.

2. In a device of the class described, a frame, a plurality of disks supported by the frame, and provided with radial digging blades, a hopper, a chute leading from the ho per, an arm provided With a spur movablb through the chute and into the hopper, a spring acting normally to move the arm into the hopper, means in connection with one oi' the disks for moving the arm out oll the hopper and the chute whereby to strip an article from the spur, and a drilling shoe in connection with the chute.

3. In a device ol the class described, a plurality ol' disks provided with radial digging blades, a hopper, a chute leading from the hopper, a dropping arm, a spring acting to normally move the arm into the hopper,

means in connection with one of the disks for Y moving the arm out of the hopper, and means for stripping an article from the arm.

GEORGE IV. NATION.

Vitnesses SoLoN C. KEMoN, C. E. TRAINOR. 

